Vaporizer for internal-combustion engines.



E. KOSTER. VAPORIZEB. FOB INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES. APPLICATION FILEDJAN. 14, 1914.

1,095 645. Patented May 5, 191 i Witfi s ses Inventor Z; Eugne Koster.

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a battery or magneto wire.

UNITED s'ra'rns PATENTOFFICE.

EUGENE KOSTER, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

VAPOEIZER FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES. ii

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 14, 1914. Serial No. 812,014?

To all whom-it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE Kosrnu, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Yonkers county of \Vestches ter, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVaporizers for Internal Combustion Engines, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is-to effect the vaporization of gasoleneand other liquids of the liquidinto air for the purpose of formbustionengines. i This particular use, however, is not essential to theinvention;-\

A further object is to provide a device of simple construction which isreadily applicable to internal combustion engines as usually In theaccompanying sheet of drawings which forms a part of thisapplication thevaporizing device constructed in accordance with my invention. -'Fig. 2is a section through the device. Fig. 3 is an elevation showing thedevice in connection with a carburetor and manifold.

A carburetor 1 of any desired type effects the spraying of the oil intothe-air. The carbureter is joined to a manifold 2 by which A gasket 3 ofinsulating material as fiber, felt a resistance wire disposed in coils 44 which are suspended from hooks 5 5 embedded in the gasket andprojecting into the gasket opening. A thin conducting strip 6 leadsthrough the gasket into the opening and is soldered to one end of theresistance wire. Theother end of the strip is formed as one'terminal ofthe vaporizer to receive The other end of the resistance wire issoldered to a conducting strip 7 which forms the other termii nal. Thisneed not bepassed through the Patented May 5, 191 4.

insulating material of the gasket for direct connection with a batterywire, and as shown is laid on one side of the insulating material andsoldered to one of two lining plates 8 8 and thus grounded on themachine through which the electric circuit is most convenientlycompleted. The lining plates are thin brass sheets which under pressurethrough the yielding resistance material of the gasket readily conformto the flange surfaces of the manifold and carburet'er castings andpermit a tight oint;

The oil enters through a pipe 9 to a float chamber 10 and thence throughany suitable atomizer spraying or carburet-ing device to the carburetorchamber. From this chamber it is drawn togethefwiththe air enteringthrough the openings 11 and 12 through the gasket and past theresistance coils and through the manifold-.to the engine. The

heat by the passage of current, so as to sufliciently heat for thepurpose of vaporization any unva iorized drops which are carried by thecurrent of air past the rcdhot coils. Such heat while suflicient tovaporize the oil is not sufficient to explode or ignite it. It will beseen that the device may be used in any conduit by itself for effectingthe vaporization or in conjunction with an atomizer, or other form ofcarburetor, the action of which is imperfect. made to supplement andcom, plete the vaporization.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters latcnt of the UnitedStates, is

gasket consisting of an insulating por tion with a facing of soft metalin combination with an electric resistance wire having a terminalconnected to the metal facing of the gasket, substantially as described.

Signed at New York, N. Y.,' this 12th day of January 1914.

- EUGENE KOsTER. lvitnessesz I SAMUEL W'. Baton, Greener. H. GILMAN.

resistance wires are maintained at a low vred

